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CVE-2004-0799

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The HTTP daemon in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 8.03 and 8.03 Hotfix 1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a GET request containing an MS-DOS device name, as demonstrated using "prn.htm".

Affected products

• Ipswitch Whatsup Gold: 8.03_hotfix_1
• Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold: 7.0, 7.03, 7.04, 8.0, 8.01, 8.03

References

• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=142&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/WhatsUp/patch-upgrades.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17418
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=142&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/WhatsUp/patch-upgrades.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17418

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